No. of Ph.D. & Master’s Students Guidance: Organic Synthesis and Molecular Engineering Group
Ph.D. students Completed: 8 (Eight)
Ph.D. students Ongoing: 12 (Twelve)
- Dr. Barnali Roy (2017-2025) – Title: “Exploring Molecular Intricacy: Development of Facile Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds via Oxidative Dearomatization Reactions (ODRs)”
- Dr. Biswajit Das (2018-2024) – Title: ”Synthetic Attempts with Visible Light Catalysis and Metal Catalysis Towards Dearomatization and Related Intrigues”
- Dr. Puspendu Kuila (2016-2024) – Title: ”Tribromides in Oxidative Dearomatisation: A Toolbox to Solve Molecular Complexities”
- Dr. Nabakumar Bera (2015-2023) – Title: ”Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules Employing Metal Catalysed Atom-economic Couplings and Sustainable Dearomatization Techniques”
- Dr. Sushree Ranjan Sahoo (2014-2020) – Title: ”Synthetic Efforts toward Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Generations Employing Dearomatisation, Alkene and Alkyne Intrigues”
- Dr. Sagarika Behera (2014-2020) – Title: ”Synthetic Approaches Towards Biologically Active Heterocycles Employing Catalytic Strategies’’
- Dr. Nilendri Rout (2014-2019) – Title: “Solving Molecular Complexities with Oxidative Dearomatization and Transition metal catalysis”
- Dr. Manoj Kumar Ghosh (2013-2018) – Title: “New Intrigues with Oxidative Dearomatisation and Related Strategies”
MASTER’S THESIS SUPERVISED: 21 (Twenty one)
Two-Year Master’s Project Student Ongoing: 2 (Two)
- Visible Light Mediated Sustainable Transformation of α, β-Unsaturated Lactones—Mr. Arindam Bhatta (2024-25)
- Trials Towards Visible Light Catalysed Dearomative Spiro-Amidation—Mr. Dhrutiman Rout (2024-25)
- Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products Employing Catalytic Asymmetric Dearomatization—Mr. Raghunath Polai (2023-24), Present Position: Ph.D in IIT Delhi
- Sustainable Transformation of Plastic Arenes To Fine Chemicals—Ms. Nabanita Dey (2023-2024), Present Positon: Ph.D in NTU, Singapore
- Ruthenium Catalysed Synthesis of Synthesis of Azepines—Ms. Ipsita Majhi (2021-2022), Present Position : Ph.D in University of Florida
- BF3·Et2O‑Promoted Cascade Reactions: Direct Synthesis of Sulfinylated Spiro-trieneone—Mr. Sangam Jha (2021-2022), Present Position: Ph.D in IISER Kolkata
- Visible Light Assisted Oxidation at Benzylic Position of Homologated Ynones with Aerobic Oxygen, Leading to Diketone Synthesis—Mr. Ankush Kumar (2020-2021)
- Synthetic Attempts with Tribromides towards Dearomatization—Sayan Halder (2018-2020)
- Towards the sysnthesis of Tocopherol—Ms. Kunika Gupta (2018-2020)
- Gold(l)-Catalyzed Atom-Economic Synthesis of 2-Substituted indole via 5-endo-dig Cyclization—Ms. Moni Singh
- Synthesis of 1-ethylpyridine tribromide; Utilization in Spirofurano Naphthalone Synthesis : Footsteps towards Asymmetric Synthesis—Mr. Devasish Sood
- Halo-azido Ketones : Synthesis, Applications and Activity—Ms. Prithwa Das,Present Position : Ph.D in University of Regensburg
- Asymmetric Synthesis of Tocopherol and Tocotrienol family employing C-2 methylation of 2-carboxy-4-Chromanones—Mr. Sudeep Sarkar (2017-2018), Presently: Ph.D. fellowship University of Warsaw Poland
- Asymmetric Synthesis of Tocopherol (Vitamin-E) Employing C-2 Methylation of 2-Carboxy-4-Chromanones—Mr. Subhradip Kundu (2017-2018), Presently: Ph.D. fellowship University of Strosbourg, France
- Approach towards the Synthesis of Biologically Active Chromone Systems—Mr. Chandak Adhikari (2016-2017)
- Synthetic Efforts towards Medicinally Important Aryl Naphthofurans and Benzofurans Mediated by Quaternary Ammonium Salt—Mr. Suchit Gupta (2016-2017)
- Trials towards functionalising α-ketols—Miss Samapika Mishra (2014-2016)
- Concise synthesis of naphthoquinones—Miss. V. Chandurani (2014-2016)
- Attempts towards total synthesis of spiroliganones—Mr. Punabasu Bhattacharya (2013-2015)
- Efforts towards alkyne insertion reactions via Oxidative Dearomatisation—Mr. Rahul Kumar (2013-2015)
- Facile Hyvervalent Iodine mediated Oxidative dearomatization of Naphthols—Mr. Sushree Ranjan Sahoo (2012-2014)
Completed Project Interns
Aryan Kumar (2025)
Present Status: BS-MS – IISER Berhampur
Fathima Mahin (2025)
Present Status: M.Sc. – University of Hyderabad, Telengana
Pushpendra Singh (2025)
Present Status: M.Sc. – IIT Patna
Asish Ahmed (2025)
Present Status: M.Sc. – IIT Madras
Komal Prajapat (2025)
Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Himanshi Bhalse (2025)
Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Kumkum Chouhan (2025)
Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Srijan Kumar Maji (2024)
Present Status: Research Assistant (IIT Hyderabad, India)
Bharat Bhusan Das (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc., Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
Ritika Rajput (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc., Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Faizan (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc. – University of Hyderabad, Telengana
Anjula Mishra (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc. – Sage University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Nikita Thakur (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Poonam Mandloi (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Pallavi Jamre (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Pooja Bohara (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc. – Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Ananthakrishna P (2023)
Present Status: M.Sc. – IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Abhishek Bissoyi
Present Status: BS-MS, IISER Behrampur
Swetarani Patel
Present Status: M.Sc. – SG Womens College, Rourkela
Sandhya Rani Padhy (2019)
Present Status: M.Sc. – SG Womens College, Rourkela
Soham Ghosh (2019)
Present Status: M.Sc. – BHU
Puja Kumari (2019)
Present Status: M.Sc. – BIT Mesra
Anindita Mukherjee (2019)
Present Status: M.Sc. – BIT Mesra
Sudeep Sarkar (2016 -18)
Present Status: Ph.D. at University of Warsaw, Poland 2018, Postdoc: University of Bordeaux
Subhradip Kundu (2016 -18)
Present Status: Ph.D. at University of Geneva, Switzerland
B. Sharmistha (2018)
Present Status: M.Sc. at IISER Kolkata
Ananya Mishra (2018)
Present Status: Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubhaneswar
Rajat Kumar Singh (2017)
Present Status: IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Suchit Gupta (2016 -17)
Present Status: Assistant Professor, FIIT JEE
Chandak Adhikari (2015-17)
Present Status: Assistant Professor, FIT JEE
Shubhajit Basak (May – July 2017)
Present Status: M.Sc. Student at NBU
Diptangshu Hardikar (May – June 2017)
Present Status: M.Sc. Student at Central University, Bilaspur
V. Chandurani (2015-16)
Present Status: —
Samapika Mishra (2015-16)
Present Status:
Punarbasu Bhattacharya (2014-15)
Present Status: Scientific Officer @ Power Grid Corporation
Rahul Kumar (2013-15)
Present Status: Faculty @ Akash Institute, Delhi
Sarasija Das (2014)
Present Status: Ph.D. student @ IISER, Kolkata
Devjanee Bardhan (2014)
Present Status: Ph.D. student @IIT, Madras
Sarbeswar Sethi (2014-15)
Present Status: —
Sujata Mahapatra (2013-14)
Present Status: Ph.D. student @ Novozymes, Denmark
Prajna Moharana (2013-14)
Present Status: —-